WuMo by Wulff & Morgenthaler for September 29, 2023

Fortunately there are more than just two kinds of parents.

I have no artistic talent, but mom had a picture of a tree hanging in her office forever.

I’ll take the guy’s approach. When they are a certain age, you shower them with praise. That tells them they are doing something right. Kids are very binary young; either everythings right or everything’s wrong. Give them a good start.

What Encouragement does to kids. Builds self esteem !

I praise the effort. Like, “Wow, you’ve really worked hard on that and it shows! Good job!” Provided that they actually put in the effort, of course.

The genius looks displeased.

I remember when my mother discouraged my 5-year-old brother from drawing. He drew a parody of the “Pogo” comic strip and was chastised for “plagiarism”. Seriously repressive move on Mom’s part. Never drew again.

…and somewhere in between is a happy balance!

My dad signed all his art ‘this looked better as a tree’

Liberal parents, adopting a child of color…

"Meh"na Lisa.

My dad was the first one and my mother was the second.